{"id":1769,"date":"2024-11-02T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:24:53","slug":"how-did-king-tuts-wife-die-the-unsolved-mystery-of-ankhesenamun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/how-did-king-tuts-wife-die-the-unsolved-mystery-of-ankhesenamun\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did King Tut&#8217;s Wife Die? The Unsolved Mystery of Ankhesenamun"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-who-was-ankhesenamun\">who was ankhesenamun?<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-ankhesenamun-letter-to-suppiluliuma\">ankhesenamun letter to suppiluliuma<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#aioseo-faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"aioseo-who-was-ankhesenamun\">who was ankhesenamun?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ankhesenamun was the third daughter of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and Queen Nefertiti. She grew up at Akhetaten (Tell el Amarna) and appears in scenes with her parents and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"792\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png?resize=522%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How Did King Tut's Wife Die? The Unsolved Mystery of Ankhesenamun\" class=\"wp-image-2095\" style=\"width:328px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png?w=522&amp;ssl=1 522w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How Did King Tut&#8217;s Wife Die? Ankhesenamun statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">While still a princess, she bore a daughter, Ankhesenpaatensherit; Akhenaten was probably the father of this child as well as of the child of his eldest daughter, Meritaten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When Tutankhamun became the royal heir, succeeding his brother Smenkhkare, he married Ankhesenpaaten as the royal heiress and the couple may have spent their early years at the Northern Palace at Tell el Amarna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"292\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-200718.png?resize=380%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-200718.png?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-200718.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Glass ring with the names of Ay and Ankhesenamen (\u00c4gyptisches Museum, Berlin)<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The marriage was intended to consolidate Tutankhamun\u2019s claim to the throne. Furniture found in <a href=\"https:\/\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/what-was-the-saddest-discovery-made-in-tutankhamuns-tomb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb\">Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb<\/a> shows the couple in scenes of domestic intimacy, following the new tradition set by Akhenaten and Nefertiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On the gilded coronation throne, Tutankhamun is shown being anointed by his wife; they share a pair of sandals, each of them wearing only one sandal, and the rays of the Aten (sun\u2019s disc) descend and bestow bounty on them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"988\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1-1024x988.png?resize=1024%2C988&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"On his gilded coronation throne, Tutankhamun is depicted with his wife anointing him, each sharing a pair of sandals, symbolizing unity. The rays of the Aten, the sun disc, shine down upon them, bestowing blessings\" class=\"wp-image-2096\" style=\"width:445px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?resize=1024%2C988&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C741&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png?w=1086&amp;ssl=1 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>On his gilded coronation throne, Tutankhamun is depicted with his wife anointing him, each sharing a pair of sandals, symbolizing unity. The rays of the Aten, the sun disc, shine down upon them, bestowing blessings<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The length of time the couple remained at Tell el Amarna is uncertain; one opinion is that they continued to live and rule there for most of Tutankhamun\u2019s reign, making only a gradual return to the worship of the pantheon of traditional gods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-palette-color-2-color\">Read also:<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/temple-of-nefertari-love-and-legacy-etched-in-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Temple of Nefertari Love and Legacy Etched in Stone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/ancient-egyptian-hair-gel-the-secrets-of-egyptian-mummy-hairstyles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ancient Egyptian Hair Gel | the Secrets of Egyptian Mummy Hairstyles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/why-is-kv34-a-must-see-for-egypt-visitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Why is KV34 a Must-See for Egypt Visitors?<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At some point, however, they took up residence at Memphis and changed their names from Tutankhaten and Ankhesenpaaten to Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, reflecting their restored allegiance to the god Amun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/king-tutankhamuns-death-mask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"King Tutankhamun\u2019s Death Mask\">Tutankhamun\u2019s untimely death<\/a>, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes; two female foetuses were also buried there, each in a set of miniature gold coffins, and it is probable that these were the offspring of the royal couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-ankhesenamun-letter-to-suppiluliuma\">ankhesenamun letter to suppiluliuma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There can have been no living sons or daughters, for a cuneiform text quotes a letter which was sent by a royal widow (almost certainly Ankhesenamun) to Suppiluliumas, king of the Hittites and Egypt\u2019s arch enemy. In this, she states that she has no son and begs Suppiluliumas to send one of his sons to marry her, promising that he will become king of Egypt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"724\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11.png?resize=948%2C724&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tomb of the official Apy, in Akhet-Aton depicts the three eldest daughters directly behind the queen: Meritaton, Meketaten, Ankh-es-en-pa-Aten (the later Ankhesenamun). Copyright: De Garis Davis, Rock tombs of Amarna, IV Plate XXXI. 1906.\" class=\"wp-image-2052\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11.png?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-11.png?resize=768%2C587&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Tomb of the official Apy, in Akhet-Aton depicts the three eldest daughters directly behind the queen: Meritaton, Meketaten, Ankh-es-en-pa-Aten (the later Ankhesenamun). Copyright: De Garis Davis, Rock tombs of Amarna, IV Plate XXXI. 1906.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Hittite king, understandably suspicious of this unexpected request (which would have conferred the rulership of Egypt on a foreigner), sent an official to investigate, but the queen protested her good faith and a Hittite prince, Zennanza, was dispatched to Egypt. However, he was murdered en route, presumably by agents of the rival faction in Egypt, and ultimately this led to war between Egypt and the Hittites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The queen\u2019s reasons for sending the letter are obscure; she says that she does not wish to marry one of her subjects, but there is an alternative explanation. As the Hittites had just overthrown the Mitanni (whose royal family had provided wives for Egyptian kings), it was perhaps politically expedient for Egypt to seek a royal alliance with the Hittites at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Nevertheless, Ankhesenamun seems to have been forced to subdue her scruples and marry a subject\u2014the royal courtier Ay, who then succeeded Tutankhamun as king. Ankhesenamun\u2019s position as the royal heiress was probably vital in securing Ay\u2019s claim to the throne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"698\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lnb.pgm.mybluehost.me\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12.png?resize=664%2C698&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ankhesenpaaten Queen 1361\u20131352 BC\" class=\"wp-image-2055\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12.png?w=664&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/egyptologyhub.com\/website_d4a54302\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-12.png?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Ankhesenpaaten Queen 1361\u20131352 BC<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was probably his influence which had encouraged Tutankhamun to begin the restoration of the traditional gods and their monuments. According to one modern theory, Ay may have been the father of Queen Nefertiti and therefore, the grandfather of Ankhesenamun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Nothing more is heard of Ankhesenamun; if she did marry Ay and bestow the throne on him, he chose not to include her in the scenes in his own tomb, where he is shown with his first wife, Tey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><strong><em>Source: BIBL. Kitchen, A. Suppiluliuma and the Amarna Pharaohs. Liverpool: 1962; Harrison, R.G. et al. A mummified foetus from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Antiquity 53, no. 207 (1979) p. 21.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-faq\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Did king tut&#8217;s wife die with him?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">No, King Tutankhamun&#8217;s wife, Ankhesenamun, did not die with him. While King Tut passed away around 1323 BCE, Ankhesenamun&#8217;s fate remains somewhat unclear; historical records do not provide conclusive details about her life after his death. Some evidence suggests she may have married Ay, Tutankhamun&#8217;s successor, but her ultimate fate is still a topic of historical debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>When did king tut&#8217;s wife die?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The exact date of Ankhesenamun\u2019s death is unknown, and historical records do not provide a definitive timeline. After King Tutankhamun&#8217;s death around 1323 BCE, Ankhesenamun&#8217;s fate is somewhat unclear. It is believed that she may have married Ay, Tutankhamun\u2019s successor, but her later life and death remain a mystery, with no confirmed records documenting when she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>How old was king tut&#8217;s wife when she died?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The exact age of Ankhesenamun at the time of her death is not known, as historical records do not provide specific details. However, she was likely born around 1345 BCE, making her approximately 18 years old at the time of King Tutankhamun&#8217;s death in 1323 BCE. Since her death remains undocumented, we cannot determine her age when she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What happened to king tut&#8217;s wife?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The fate of Ankhesenamun, King Tutankhamun&#8217;s wife, is largely unknown due to a lack of historical records. After King Tut&#8217;s death around 1323 BCE, she seems to have disappeared from the historical record. Some sources suggest that she may have married Ay, a high-ranking official who became Pharaoh after Tutankhamun. However, there is no definitive documentation about what happened to her afterward, and her ultimate fate remains a mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>who was ankhesenamun? Ankhesenamun was the third daughter of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and Queen Nefertiti. She grew up at Akhetaten (Tell el Amarna) and appears in scenes with her parents and sisters. While still a princess, she bore a daughter, Ankhesenpaatensherit; Akhenaten was probably the father of this child as well as of the child 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